Mentors, Early Influencers Led to Physician Leadership Path Mentors, Early Influencers Led to Physician Leadership Path February 24, 2021, 8:54 am Michael Devitt — On Oct. 13, 2020, Ada Stewart, M.D., a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, S.C., officially began her term as the third Black person, and the first Black woman, to serve as president of the AAFP. In her extraordinary career, Stewart (seen here at her medical school graduation with close friend Barbie Norman, M.D.) has provided care to underrepresented populations in Ohio and South Carolina, first as a pharmacis...